Closed Timelike Curves in a Gödelian Universe
Clifford A Pickover · 1998
Abstract “We’ve got to be careful,” Constantia says. “People are thieves. They’re selling ancient artifacts. Valuable ones. The newspapers are talking of black markets in Babylonian clay tablets, Mayan and Costa Rican jade ornaments, and gold eagle pendants from the Veraguas area of Panama. They look so new that they could all be fakes. No one knows for sure if they’re actually stolen from the past.” You nod, trying to ignore the stench coming from Mr. Veil’s meal. “We’ve got to hurry with our lessons.